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Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: That is the way to run a business.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: It is not agreed. I object on the basis of the guillotine, which I raised previously.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: I do not propose to seek a division but we should not have guillotines and I said this to the Whip. Question, "That the proposal for dealing with No. 4 be agreed to", put and declared carried.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: What is the status of the Programme for Government 2007-2012? It contains a series of commitments, some to be introduced in legislation. Given the financial circumstances that apply, what is the relevance of the document agreed between the Government parties? In light of the news that emerged in the past two days, has the Taoiseach made arrangements to ground helicopters for Ministers?

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: This is relevant to the public finances.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Under the legislation governing this, has the Taoiseach made arrangements to review the process in order that this situation will not arise again? I am sure he has.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Most of it is meaningless.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: I welcome the fact that the Government has belatedly recognised the need for a new budget to deal with the difficulties in our public finances. This is a matter for which the Fine Gael Party has been calling for the past number of weeks. I recognise the belated acceptance of that. Dealing with the public finances is only one element of what is at play here. It is becoming increasingly...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: These are truly shocking figures. With 354,000 unemployed, or an 8% increase since last month, we have never in the history of the State been in such a position. This is truly shocking. I noticed that in the past ten days the chief executive of Allied Irish Banks apologised to the Irish people for bad loan situations. This morning the chairperson of IL&P apologised for mismanagement and...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: ——which has caused anger among the people. The Taoiseach said in the House a number of weeks ago that he will do it his way. Clearly, his way is not working and he knows that. Last night in the House, the Minister for Finance asked other parties to come up with their ideas. If the Taoiseach wants to move out of that seat altogether, we will sort out this.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: However, when we put forward ideas, they have been scorned and thrown out by Fianna Fáil. I have given the Taoiseach four proposals previously and he need not give me the same answer again in respect of these. I said, first, the VAT increase should be reversed.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Reversing that tax increase would increase confidence in spending here. Second, PRSI payments should be abolished for employers who take on new employees in 2009. As the Taoiseach knows, it costs €20,000 per job loss. Third, a loan guarantee scheme should be set up for small businesses in distress — this is critical. Thousands of people are affected and they have approached Deputies...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: They are not intended to.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: They are intended to create jobs.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach understand about job creation?

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: They are job creation measures.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach accept that they fit in?

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (3 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an exemption exists or is to be created regarding the appointment and retention of mainstream class teachers in respect of a school (details supplied) if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school has reached the 81 pupils threshold after the deadline of 30 September 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Finances: Motion (3 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: I move: That Dáil Éireann recognises that: the current Government strategy for restoring the public finances, the banking system and wider economy has failed to secure public support or international confidence, and that both the Irish public and international financial markets funding the banking system and our Government are losing patience; unless we urgently take new measures to stop...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: I saw the Taoiseach had a bit of a gathering at the weekend and I noted some of the comments from there. I am not sure that the Minister for Transport suggesting everybody in the banks is akin to Oliver Cromwell is the right way to go. It begs the question as to where Queen Elizabeth is in all of this. Cromwell was only acting on instructions. In respect to the Taoiseach's comments about...